Ireland: Ten million contraband cigarettes seized by customs in just one week

Cambridgeshire: Flash mob gives Saturday shoppers a surprise

Students from schools across the county have been promoting the national health harms campaign which reminds smokers about the physical damage caused by smoking – the Kick Ash campaign.

The aim of the campaign is to reduce the number of young people in Cambridgeshire who smoke. They also provide volunteer support to local services such as Camquit, Cambridgeshire’s Stop Smoking Service, Trading Standards with their tobacco control business visits as well as supporting community stop smoking events.

The Kick Ash mentors performed three surprise performances on Saturday January 23 in areas around Huntingdon town centre including the Market Square, Chequers Court Area and outside Commemoration Hall.

Thieves thwarted by automated tobacco dispenser

Thieves who attempted to steal thousands of pounds-worth of cigarettes from a forecourt in central England had to leave empty-handed after they were thwarted by the store’s automated tobacco dispenser which had been fitted when the display ban came into force.

US: New packaging law aims to protect kids from liquid nicotine exposure

President Obama has signed into law a bill that requires child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine containers used for e-cigarettes and other vaping devices.

Poison-control centers last year received 3,067 exposure reports across all age groups. In 2014, poison-control centers responded to 3,783 e-cigarette and liquid nicotine exposure cases. More than half of those involved children under age 6.

China’s tobacco regulatory body has been blocking the use of graphic warning labels on cigarette packages, another reason why the country is struggling to reduce the number of smokers, according to the newly released 2015 China tobacco control report.

The biggest obstacle to using graphic warning labels on cigarette packages comes from the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA), which believes such images could lead to a decline in sales, especially for premium cigarette brands, Wu Yiqun, deputy director of Beijing-based NGO ThinkTank Research Center for Health Development, said in an interview with the Global Times.

Cigarettes sold in mainland China are usually printed with large brand logos or images of scenic spots, with only a small number carrying written health warnings in small font sizes.

As of May 2015, 85 countries and regions have made the use of graphic warning labels mandatory, with the images usually covering more than half of the package in 60 countries and regions, the report said.

Ireland: Ten million contraband cigarettes seized by customs in just one week

Customs officers have seized almost ten million black market cigarettes in the last week.

Revenue said a string of raids were carried out on the back of intelligence, which landed them €5million in contraband. Those searches were part of an ongoing operation to target the illegal selling of cigarettes in Dublin

The single biggest find came on Wednesday evening when 6.6million cigarettes were found in a warehouse in Co Meath.

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